The Home Page for Donald & Marilyn O'Hair
Welcome to the home page for the O'Hairs from La
Jolla, California, USA. La Jolla is in southern California about 70 km
north of the Mexico border on the Pacific Ocean and is a surburb of San
Diego.
Updated 9 August 2006
Look below to find out about La Jolla and San
Diego
We have many travel interests:
- Over the past 23 years we have met many friends in France,
Germany, Austria, Italy, UK, and the Netherlands. We enjoy touring
countries on the back roads and stay out of big hotels. Marilyn speaks
French, and Don speaks German. We are "at home" in the small villages
and non-English speaking inns. For us that is the only way to travel
and to meet people.
- We especially enjoyed our month in 1994 when we traveled in
England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and County Dublin in the
Republic of Ireland.
- In the summer of 1995 we stayed in the Loire Valley for a week
for a French student reunion. After that we stayed with the Shermans
(see below) in a bed and breakfast near Carcasonne, France operated by
a couple from San Francisco ( see
their web page). From there we went to Regensberg, Germany
and then Hannover to stay with our friends there. From Hannover we took
a train to Copenhagen where we toured the Scandinavian countries for
two weeks. Part of that tour was 5 days on the Coastal Express ship
from Kirkenes, Norway to Berger, Norway. That exploration of the
Norwegian fiords was spectalcular.
- During October of 1996 we were in Ireland again. This time it
was County Meath with its pre-historic burial sites, Waterford and the
fine crystal, County Cork with Kinsale town and the south coast. We
stopped at the O'Hair Castle in
Templemore in County Tipperary to meet Hal and John O'Hair. Then from
Chester England came our daughter's in-laws, the Shermans
(pictured below) .
We met in Limerick and then we
explored the Dingle Peninsula and the Ring of Kerry together. Before
returning to the Shannon Airport to come home, we drove through the
Burren and then wandered up the west coast of Ireland in County Clare
and County Galway. We looked west from Clifden to wide expanse of the
Atlantic. We returned from Ireland with a deep appreciation for nature.
- During the past
few years we have stayed in southern France, in a small town near
Uzès, named Arpaillargues. There is a great place to stay in an
apartment - for a week or for a month or more. To check it out, go to Mas de Rey.
- In 2003 we also
have stayed in an apartment east of Aix-en-Provence called Provence for You. It is operated
by a
couple who have created a wonderful enviroment for a vacation. We
highly recommend it. Martina is German and Claude is French and they
they both speak excellent English. They are located near a town called
Bras. Check out their site at Provence for You.
- We enjoy hearing from persons seeing our Home Page and
finding out more about them and what traveling they have done and what
they think is important to do and see when traveling.
What do the O'Hairs do beside travel?
The O'Hairs became new grandparents on April 13, 1996 --- along
with the Shermans in the UK:
The
O'Hairs & The Shermans .
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- Contact us by email at
deohair@yahoo.com